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Giganews vs. Astraweb

Recently, I’ve been a bit low on money thanks to 2-3 expensive hobbies I’ve picked up. So, I took a look at my bills, and remembered I was spending $30 per month on usenet. Well, that’s too much, but high-speed unlimited usenet providers with 200 day + retention and SSL are hard to find. Then, I noticed that Astraweb is moving to 270+ retention soon, making the $11/month worth it (almost 1/3 of the cost of Giganews). Currently, they still [...]

Firefox Minefield Beta is Awesome

So, I tried Firefox Minefield Beta today at the suggestion of Slashdot, and I like it. It’s really speedy compared to even the previous 3.0 versions. Text shadows now work, which is really cool. SunSpider Benchmark Results